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Diffstat (limited to 'debian/patches/75_06-Docs-Add-note-on-lsearch-for-IPv4-mapped-IPv6-addres.patch')
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diff --git a/debian/patches/75_06-Docs-Add-note-on-lsearch-for-IPv4-mapped-IPv6-addres.patch b/debian/patches/75_06-Docs-Add-note-on-lsearch-for-IPv4-mapped-IPv6-addres.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7863ef --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/75_06-Docs-Add-note-on-lsearch-for-IPv4-mapped-IPv6-addres.patch @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +From 8dde16b89efe2138f92cbfa6c59fb31dc80ec22a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> +Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:45:27 +0000 +Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Docs: Add note on lsearch for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses + +Cherry-picked from: 52af443324, c77d3d85fe +--- + doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 11 ++++++++++- + doc/ChangeLog | 2 +- + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) + +--- a/doc/ChangeLog ++++ b/doc/ChangeLog +@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ JH/07 GnuTLS: Our use of late (post-hand + TLS connection attempt, so that the normal retry-in-clear can work (if + suitably configured). + +-JB/01 BZg 2375: fix expansions of 822 addresses having comments in local-part ++JB/01 Bug 2375: fix expansions of 822 addresses having comments in local-part + and/or domain. Found and fixed by Jason Betts. + + +--- a/doc/spec.txt ++++ b/doc/spec.txt +@@ -6302,6 +6302,10 @@ The following single-key lookup types ar + implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section + 10.12). + ++ Warning 3: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the ++ IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to ++ this notation before executing the lookup.) ++ + * lsearch: The given file is a text file that is searched linearly for a line + beginning with the search key, terminated by a colon or white space or the + end of the line. The search is case-insensitive; that is, upper and lower +@@ -8003,7 +8007,11 @@ quote keys was made available in lsearch + implemented iplsearch files do require colons in IPv6 keys (notated using the + quoting facility) so as to distinguish them from IPv4 keys. For this reason, + when the lookup type is iplsearch, IPv6 addresses are converted using colons +-and not dots. In all cases, full, unabbreviated IPv6 addresses are always used. ++and not dots. ++ ++In all cases except IPv4-mapped IPv6, full, unabbreviated IPv6 addresses ++are always used. The latter are converted to IPv4 addresses, in dotted-quad ++form. + + Ideally, it would be nice to tidy up this anomalous situation by changing to + colons in all cases, given that quoting is now available for lsearch. However, |